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PAUL E. ROUGHAN Managing
General Partner
Mr. Roughan earned his B.S. in Chemical
Engineering and MBA in Operations Research from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in 1978. From 1978 to 1989, he worked
for General Electric in various operating management positions
for the GE Plastics Division and in various Finance and
IT management positions for GE Corporate. From 1990 to
1995, he worked for McKinsey & Company, a consultancy,
specializing in operations improvement and post-merger
integration consulting. In 1995, he joined UARCO, a $700
million business forms company, as Senior Vice President
overseeing the company’s turnaround efforts. He led
the break up and sale process and successfully sold the
company in 1997 through three transactions. In 1998, he
became CEO and President of Appliance Corp. of America,
a $100 million marketer of small kitchen appliances. He
led the break up and sale process and successfully sold
the company in 1999 through two transactions.
Mr. Roughan joined Charter Oak in July
1999 and has served on the Board of Directors for Titan
Plastics Group, Inc.; Revere Industries, LLC; Daisy
Manufacturing Company, Inc.; Integrated DisAbility
Resources, Inc. and Pasta Montana, LLC. He currently
serves on the Board of Directors for Revere Industries,
LLC; Aylward Enterprises, LLC and Daisy Manufacturing
Company, Inc. He also is a board member for Ovation
Polymers, Inc., a specialty resin company, not owned
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ZUBIN AVARI Principal
Mr. Avari graduated Magna Cum Laude from Illinois Wesleyan
University in 1995 with a B.S. in Accounting. He received
his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate in 1995.
From 1995 to 1998 Mr. Avari worked with Crowe Chizek and
Company, LLP in a number of departments, gaining tax, audit
and mergers and acquisitions experience. Mr. Avari joined
Charter Oak in October 1998 and has worked very closely
with a number of portfolio companies, including serving
as temporary CFO at two of the companies. Mr. Avari is
also responsible for structuring and negotiating all debt
tranches for the portfolio companies. He currently serves
on the Board of Directors for Revere Industries, LLC; Texcel
Industries, LLC and Charter Oak American Church Holding,
LLC. |
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ANTHONY J.
DOWD Former
General Partner
Mr. Dowd graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point in 1981 with a B.S. degree in Engineering.
From 1981 to 1986 he served as an officer in the U.S. Army.
In 1988, Mr. Dowd graduated from the Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania with a M.B.A degree in Finance.
Subsequently, Mr. Dowd was a Senior Associate with James
D. Wolfensohn, Inc., a New York investment banking firm.
In 1991, Mr. Dowd became affiliated with Charter Oak Partners
and was appointed Director of Private Investments in May
1992. In 1997 he became a founding General Partner of Charter
Oak Capital Partners. He served on the Board of Directors
for many of Charter Oak's private investments and currently
serves on the Board of Directors of Revere Industries,
LLC; Space Optics Research Lab, LLC and Texcel Industries,
LLC.
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ROBERT
P. SARRAZIN Former
General Partner
Mr. Sarrazin received a B.A. degree
in Honors Business Administration from the Richard
Ivey School of Business. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Sarrazin
was a Financial Analyst in the Leveraged Finance/Financial
Buyers Group of CS First Boston Corporation. He joined
Charter Oak in August 1995 and has served on the Board
of Directors for Stealth Medical Technologies, LLC;
Ross Aluminum Foundries, LLC; Brass Eagle, Inc. and
Orchid Orthopedics, LLC. He currently serves on the
Board of Directors for Space Optics Research Labs,
LLC. |
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ELLYN
STERN Chief
Financial Officer
Mrs. Stern received a B.S. in Finance from Babson College
and a M.S. in Financial Management from Fairfield University.
Prior to joining Charter Oak, she was a senior financial
analyst in the Maxwell House Division of General Foods
Corporations and was the Controller for SFA, Inc., a media
communications company. Mrs. Stern joined Charter Oak in
January 1998. Her responsibilities include accounting,
financial reporting and compliance for all of the private
equity partnerships. Ms. Stern currently serves on the
Board of Directors for Space Optics Research Labs, LLC. |
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